F-35B Lightning II Completes First Guided Weapon Delivery Against Ground Target
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An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter aircraft piloted by Marine Corps Maj. Richard Rusnok, successfully employed a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laser-guided weapon from the F-35’s internal weapons bay against a fixed ground tank test target yesterday. The GBU-12 is a 500-pound, Mk-82 general purpose bomb mated with a nose-mounted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35b-lightning-ii-completes-first-guided-weapon-delivery-against-ground-target-49535/
An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter aircraft piloted by Marine Corps Maj. Richard Rusnok, successfully employed a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laser-guided weapon from the F-35’s internal weapons bay against a fixed ground tank test target yesterday. The GBU-12 is a 500-pound, Mk-82 general purpose bomb mated with a nose-mounted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35b-lightning-ii-completes-first-guided-weapon-delivery-against-ground-target-49535/